Chicago
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Authorities: 3 dead, 2 hurt in crash in suburban Chicago
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) - A husband and wife from Des Plaines and their 20-year-old daughter were killed and their teenage son was injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday e...
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Chicago man charged in attack on grandmother, girlfriend
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Murder charges have been filed against a convicted bank robber in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend's grandmother at the Chicago home the women shar...
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Fare increase sought for South Shore commuter rail line
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) - The commuter rail line that links northern Indiana and Chicago is planning a ticket price increase to help pay for operating a new train safety s...
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US judge tosses Holocaust lawsuit against French railroad
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a class-action lawsuit by relatives of Holocaust victims who allege France's railroad stole jewelry, artwork and ...
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Sister Jean bobblehead sets sales record
Mar 26, 2018 1:00 am - To the surprise of no one who has paid even casual attention to the NCAA tournament, a bobblehead of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt became the best seller in the history of...
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Kim Foxx sues Facebook, Lisa Madigan sends letter to Zuckerberg
Mar 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx filed a lawsuit Monday against Facebook that paints the world's foremost social media company as the farmer who failed to protect t...
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146,000 Chicago adults identify as LGBT: city study
Mar 25, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago is home to 146,000 adults who identify as LGBT, according to a new report from the city's health department. In what it describes as "the first-ever population e...
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Chicago-area dad charged after allegedly threatening school
Mar 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities have charged a suburban Chicago father for allegedly writing on Facebook that his brother could go to an elementary school with an AR-15 rifle...
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Kansas edges Duke in overtime thriller for last Final Four spot, joins Villanova, Loyola-Chicago, Michigan in NCAA semis
Mar 25, 2018 7:00 am - SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Kansas edges Duke in overtime thriller for last Final Four spot, joins Villanova, Loyola-Chicago, Michigan in NCAA semis. ...
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Officer indicted for smuggling contraband into jail
Mar 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal correctional officer has been indicted for accepting bribes and smuggling contraband into a downtown Chicago jail. The U.S. Department of Justic...